Books I Read in April + O.W.L.s Results Letter Printable | Book Roast [CC]

A Curse So Dark and Lonely is a Beauty and the Beast retelling, which is actually not one of my favorite stories. I really enjoyed the take on this.

And I honestly maybe enjoyed this book more. It has been a little while since I enjoyed reading a YA fantasy book and I was so glad to be back in this story. I adore Bridgid's writing style. This one got a very strong four stars.

So, it was a weird one and I don't know if I will actually read the other one because one of the lowest points in the system here was the intrigue. I could have put down the story in any way, any place, so I don't think I will be continuing with it.

Which is understandable, although admittedly at first with Harry Potter, I found that I noticed a lot of details reading this because I was paying extra attention. But in this particular book, I just really noticed so much of his horridness. So I obviously still really enjoyed it, it was just a little bit difficult this time to pick it up at some points.

It's just very, very much more of the same and it's old very quickly. So, to me, it was a three star. Very much in the middle. It's still very cute, but it was just okay.

The magic - beautiful. The characters - diverse. And the plot? A hot mess. This was just frustrating more than anything, because the artwork is so beautiful and I really wanted the story to be something that I loved.

I really enjoyed my experience reading this. I read this fairly quickly and I think I will come back to it mentally and think about it constantly. But I really am glad that I read it and I would highly recommend this. This got four stars.

One, at the very back it says, "The best adult fantasy I've read since The Name of the Wind," which is my favorite book.

So, it actually got a really strong three star, like a mid-way three star. But I did really enjoy it. I think enjoyment was one of the higher points in the scale. The writing style was actually not my favorite.